Decoy-anchor.



. HECKENKAMP, JR,

DECOY ANCHOR.

APPLICATION F|LED MAY 2? l9l6.

Patented Apr. 30, 1918.

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DECOY-ANCHOR.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, FREDERICK WM. HncKnNKAMr, .l r., a citizen of theUnited `States, residing at Quincy, in the county of Adams and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inDecoy-Anchors; and l do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figuresof reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to decoy anchors and particularly to a device foranchoring live decoys.

lts objects are to produce a device that will be simple and efficient;that may be quickly and easily applied or removed from the devoy; andthat will prevent its escape without injury while in use.

To attain the foregoing objects and such others as may hereinafterappear, my invention consists in the features hereinafter set forth andthen sought to be clearly defined by the claims, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings forming a part hereof and in which Figure l isa view illustrating the device in use.

Fig. 2 is a plan view and Fig. 3 is a side view.

rlhe drawings illustrate the preferred embodiment of my invention whichcomprises a member l preferably fashioned from a single piece of wire ofany suitable material bent to form a head receiving member or loop 2 ofsufiicient size to permit the head of the decoy to be passedtherethrough, and a head retaining member or loop 3 large enough toloosely receive or fit to the neck of the decoy and prevent thewithdrawal of its head therefrom. The members or loops 2 and 3 areconnected preferably by parallel spaced bars 4l which provide a neck orrestricted passageway between the loops of sufficient width to allow theneck of the decoy to be passed from the head receiving loop 2 to thehead retaining loop 3.

rlhe ends of the member 1 are bent to form eyes 5 which overlap eachother and receive an eye 6 of a swivel member 7 of any suitableconstruction to secure the eyes 5 together and prevent spreading of theends Specification of Letters Patent. Paigglltid Aplggi), 1191i;

Application filed May 27, 1916. Serial No. 100,381.

. ofthe member 1, thereby holding it in the desired shape and permittingthe swivel member to have a pivotal connection with the eyes 5.

Suitable means may be employed toan- Chor the decoy within apredetermined area such as a rope 8 fastened to the loop 9 of the swivelmember 7 and to an anchoring weight (not shown).

To attach the device to the decoy, the head of the decoy is passedthrough the loop 2 and its neck then passed between the bars fl into thehead retaining loop 8 which will prevent the withdrawal of its head andrelease of the decoy. The device will then be held in position againstdetachment by its own weight or the resistance offered by the anchoringrope.

It will readily be seen from the foregoing description and operationthat the device is simple, efficient and inexpensive and may be quicklyand easily applied or removed from the decoy with the liability ofbreaking or getting out of order reduced to a minimum.

Having thus described my invention, what I desire to claim and secure byLetters Patent is l. A device of the character described comprising amember formed with a headreceiving loop of a size to pass over the headof a decoy, a head-retaining loop of a size incapable of passing overthe head of the decoy, bars connecting said loops and forming apassageway between them of sufiicient width to permit the neck of thedecoy to pass from the head-receiving loop into the head-retaining loop,and means oonnected with said head-receiving loop to receive ananchoring means.

2. A device forl anchoring decoys comprising a head receiving member, ahead retaining member,`parallel spaced bars forming an elongatedpassageway connecting said members, and means connected to saidheadreceiving member for attaching an anchoring means thereto.

3. A device for anchoring decoys comprising a loop, spaced bars formingan elongated passageway connected to said loop, a Second loop connectedto said spaced bars and of a greater diameter than said first namedloop, and means connected with said second loop for attaching ananchoring means thereto.

4L. A device for anchoring decoys coinprsing a substantiallynon-resilient member In testimony whereof I aix my signature ormed of asinfrle blank sha ed to form a 1n resence of tWo Wltnesses.

u u b l l head retamino loo) and a head reoelvlno b D FREDERICH WM.HECKENKAMP, JR. loop With a restricted passageway between 5 the twoloops, said blank being formed with Witnesses:

eyes at the ends thereof to receive means for D. W. MUMPER, connectingthe ends of the blank. W. P. MARTINDALE.

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